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Free AccessUK Analysis: Aug Trade Gap Widens; Set To Weigh on Q3 GDP>
-UK August Trade Gap Stg5.626bn vs Stg4.236bn in July
-UK August Goods Trade Gap Stg14.245bn vs Stg12.829bn in July
By Laurie Laird and Jamie Satchithanantham
London (MNI) - The UK trade gap widened sharply in August, courtesy
of a large increase in goods imports, leaving net trade poised to exert
a significant negative influence on gross domestic product in the third
quarter.
Over the month of August, the total trade gap rose to Stg5.626
billion, the largest shortfall since September of 2016, from a revised
Stg4.236 billion in July, compared to the MNI median forecast of a
Stg2.8 billion shortfall.
Total exports rose by 0.6% to Stg50.153 billion in August, while
imports jumped by 3.2% to Stg55.779 billion.
The deficit in goods widened to Stg14.245 in August, from a revised
Stg12.829 billion gap in July, compared to the MNI median forecast of
Stg11.5 billion.
Exports of goods rose by 1.5% to Stg28.155 billion in August, while
imports surged by 4.5% to Stg42.400 billion. Chemicals, manufacturing
materials and textiles were cited as the main drivers of goods imports
in August.
That means that net trade must hit a surplus of Stg3.4 billion in
September to leave the third quarter deficit on par with the shortfall
of the second quarter. Net trade has not recorded as large a surplus
since monthly trade data began in 1997, according to a National
Statistics official.
Hopes that the sharp fall in sterling might boost exports in the
wake of the Brexit vote have yet to be realised. Over the first eight
months of 2017, exports of goods have increased by 13.4% compared with
the same period a year earlier, while imports rose by almost as much,
increasing by 11.4%. Those data are not adjusted for price changes.
The trade gap in goods with the 27 other nations of the European
Union rose to Stg22.695 billion in August from Stg21.447 billion in
July.
The non-EU trade gap widened to Stg5.835 billion in August, from
Stg5.345 billion in the previous month.
-London bureau: 44 (0) 203 865 3812; email: ukeditorial@marketnews.com
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